My research to date has explored questions of artistic identity and authority with a particular focus on Dante's Divine Comedy and Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, on which I wrote my doctoral thesis ('Literary Vocation in Dante and Proust', University of Oxford, 2016). I particularly enjoy approaching texts through a comparative lens, especially when it allows me to alter our perspective on canonical works. Over recent years I have discovered the joys and pains of learning a new language from scratch through my study of Persian, which I am working to include in my research.

By working on the canon of dead white men for my PhD, I became interested in how conceptions of artistic and intellectual authority relate to gender. I initiated the Women and the Canon project, an interdisciplinary conference held on 22-23 January 2016 at Christ Church, Oxford, and I now co-steer the Gender and Authority Research Network, which holds regular interdisciplinary and inter-institutional seminars in Oxford.

For further information on my academic activity, including forthcoming talks, you can view my profile on academia.edu .